19 July 2026
► EVENTS ON THIS DATE, 19 JULY;
On this day in 1843, n Bristol, England – The ship SS Great Britain was launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and a screw propeller. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was also the largest vessel then afloat in the world.
1912, Holbrook, Arizona, U.S.A. – A meteorite with an estimated mass of 190 kg exploded, causing thousands of pieces of debris to rain onto the town.
1952, Washington D.C. was “buzzed” by several Unidentified Flying Objects, which were tracked on radar. As fighter jets were scrambled the objects disappeared, only to return after the jets returned to their base.
1960, Brisbane, Queensland – The first aircraft hijacking in Australia occurred aboard Trans Australia Airlines flight 408, a Lockheed Electra as it flew over the city. The crew overpowered the hijacker and disarmed a bomb.
1963, Bellerive, Tasmania – Water seeping through the wall of the Flagstaff Gully dam threatened the integrity of the structure and low-lying areas of Warrane with flooding.
► ARRIVALS ON THIS DATE
1925, Eva Sue McKee alias Sue Thompson, in Missouri, U.S.A. She was a pop and country singer best known for her 1960s million selling hits Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) and Norman. She died in 2021.
1937 George Hamilton IV, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A. He was a country singer who started performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to pop-country and folk music. His biggest hits of the 1960s were Abilene (1963), Fort Worth, Dallas or Houston (1964), and Canadian Pacific (1969). He died in 2014.
► DEPARTURES ON THIS DATE
1974, Joe Flynn, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 49. He was an actor best known for his role as Captain Binghamton in the American sitcom, McHales Navy.
1975, William Orville Frizzell alias Lefty Frizzell, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A., aged 47. He was a country singer whose style influenced many other artists, including Merle Haggard, Willy Nelson, and Roy Orbison.
Today’s Photo: On Friday, I featured a view of the Derwent Valley from a mountain, known as Sleeping Beauty, which is a landmark in the Huon Valley, south of Hobart. Sleeping Beauty can also be seen from parts of the Derwent Valley.
It gained it’s name from early pioneers of the Huon Valley, whose imagination allowed them to see the outline of a sleeping maiden.
This photo was taken from Mountain River, a rural community near Huonville. (Yours Truly)
Today’s Playlist :
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | LAST PLAYED |
| Aspen Black – The E-Town Road | 2026 | 06:06 | 5/7/2026 |
| Ray Lani – If I Just Pick A Piece Up Every Day | 2026 | 06:12 | – |
| Chasing Twisters – You’ll Play Better In A Hat | 2026 | 06:15 | 3/7/2026 |
| Vintage Vinyl + Jim Reeves – Blue Boy | 1958 | 06:20 | 4/1/2026 |
| + Ricky Nelson – I Believe What You Say | 1958 | 06:22 | – |
| Toni West – I Can’t Wait For The Summer | 2026 | 06:25 | – |
| Martin Bottcher & His Orchestra – What A Wonderful World | 06:32 | 17/11/2023 | |
| Sue Thompson – Norman Eva Sue McKee alias Sue Thompson was born on this day in 1925 in Missouri, U.S.A. She died in 2021. | 1962 | 06:36 | 27/12/2024 |
| George Hamilton IV – Fort Worth, Dallas or Houston George Hamilton IV was born on this day in 1937 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A. He died in 2014. | 1964 | 06:39 | 17/9/2023 |
| Ray Malcolm – I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine | 2026 | 06:43 | 3/7/2026 |
| Gary Anderson – Remember When | 2026 | 06:46 | 17/7/2026 |
| Alan Caswell & Lindsay Waddington – Always Ride A Train | 2026 | 06:51 | 12/4/2026 |
| Andy Martin – Corrine Corrina | 06:55 | 7/6/2026 | |
| Jimmy Pala – Where Is Your Din-Ghe-Ling | 2026 | 07:05 | – |
| Bob Corbett & The Roo Grass Band – Surfer Farmer | 2026 | 07:09 | 17/7/2026 |
| Tory & The South Shore Troubadours – That One Thing | 2026 | 07:13 | – |
| Vintage Vinyl + Jaye P Morgan – The Longest Walk | 1955 | 07:19 | 3/12/2017 |
| + Ames Brothers – Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing | 1955 | 07:21 | 18/1/2026 |
| For A Listener: Kenny Rogers & First Edition – Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town | 1969 | 07:25 | 18/10/2024 |
| Simon May Orchestra – The East Enders | 07:30 | 28/7/2024 | |
| Lefty Frizzell – Saginaw Michigan Lefty Frizzell died on this day in 1975 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. aged 47. | 07:34 | 31/3/2024 | |
| Warren Kearney – Lay Down Beside Me | 2026 | 07:37 | 10/7/2026 |
| Diamond 45 – Charting on this day 1966 + Tommy Roe – Sweet Pea | 1966 | 07:43 | 17/7/2026 |
| + Johnny Young – Cara Lyn | 1966 | 07:45 | 17/7/2026 |
| Tomas Jackman – Karma Chameleon | 07:52 | 31/5/2026 | |
| For A Listener: Beatles – With A Little Help From My Friends | 1968 | 07:56 | 9/9/2022 |
| Penny Burke – Ballarat To Cloncurry | 2026 | 08:05 | – |
| COMFORT ZONE + Matt Monro – And You Smiled | 08:11 | 24/10/2025 | |
| + Engelbert Humperdinck – There’s A Kind Of Hush | 08:13 | 1/10/2023 | |
| For A Listener: Pussycat – My Broken Souvenirs | 1976 | 08:17 | 13/3/2026 |
| Ron Callaghan – People | 2026 | 08:23 | 5/7/2026 |
| Hillsome South – Sea Of Heartbreak | 2026 | 08:30 | 5/7/2026 |
| Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Huapango | 08:36 | 3/7/2026 | |
| Vintage Vinyl + Val Doonican – Elusive Butterfly | 1966 | 08:40 | 17/7/2026 |
| + Jimmy Boyd – I Would Never Do That | 1966 | 08:43 | 17/7/2026 |
| Penny Jayne Black – What You Do To Me | 2026 | 08:47 | – |
| Peter Salata – My Girl Back On The Land | 2024 | 08:50 | 28/2/2025 |